Aaliyah (New York City)
Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"
Famous Musicians from the United States
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Abdul, Paula (San Fernando)
Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up" -
Acuff, Roy (Maynardville)
"The King of Country Music" -
Aguilera, Christina (Staten Island)
The crooner of "Genie In a Bottle" and "Beautiful" -
Aiken, Clay (Chapel Hill)
Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol 2003 -
Aldean, Jason (Macon)
The country music star who did 'Dirt Road Anthem' -
Allen, Steve (New York City)
The original host of The Tonight Show -
Amos, Tori (Newton)
Pop virtuoso piano player and singer -
Anderson, Marian (Philadelphia)
The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial -
Armstrong, Louis (New Orleans)
The charismatic jazz trumpeter who recorded "Hello Dolly" -
Ashanti (Glen Cove)
Singer of "Foolish" and "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" -
Ashby, Dorothy (Detroit)
The jazz harpist who recorded 'Afro-Harping' in 1968 -
Atkins, Chet (Luttrell)
Creator of the "Nashville Sound" -
Autry, Gene (Tioga)
The singing cowboy star who did "Back in the Saddle" -
Bacharach, Burt (Kansas City)
The pianist who co-wrote "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "Walk On By" -
Backstreet Boys, The (Orlando)
The pop singers of "All I Have to Give" and "I Want It That Way" -
Badu, Erykah (Dallas)
The neo-soul singer of "Bag Lady" and "On & On" -
Baez, Joan (Staten Island)
Folk singer who did "Diamonds & Rust" -
Baker, Chet (Yale)
The druggie white jazz trumpeter who also crooned -
Baker, Josephine (St. Louis)
The Black American singer/dancer famous in 1920s Paris -
Basie, Count (Red Bank)
Swing bandleader and performer of "One O'Clock Jump" -
Beastie Boys (Brooklyn)
Funky, sarcastic white-boy rappers who did "Sabotage" -
Beck (Los Angeles)
Creator of the 1996 album Odelay -
Bedard, Irene (Anchorage)
The voice of Disney's Pocahontas -
Bennett, Tony (New York City)
The crooner who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -
Berry, Chuck (St. Louis)
Early rock legend who did "Johnny B. Goode" -
Biafra, Jello (Boulder)
The frontman for the punk group Dead Kennedys -
Black, Jack (Hermosa Beach)
The wild-eyed star of School of Rock -
Black, Rebecca (Anaheim Hills)
The teen Internet sensation who sang "Friday" -
Blakey, Art (Pittsburgh)
Drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers -
Bleu, Corbin (Brooklyn)
Chad from Disney's High School Musical -
Blige, Mary J. (New York City)
The "Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul" -
Bono, Sonny (Detroit)
The mod 1960s singer who became a Congressman -
Boon, D. (San Pedro)
Guitarist and singer for punk band Minutemen -
Boone, Pat (Jacksonville)
White-shoed Christian singer of 1950s rock 'n' roll hits -
Bowles, Paul (Jamaica)
Author of The Sheltering Sky -
Brice, Fanny (New York City)
The vaudeville star who was the basis for the musical Funny Girl -
Brooks, Garth (Tulsa)
Country-pop singer of "Shameless" and "Friends in Low Places" -
Brown, Chris (Tappahannock)
The teen R&B sensation who pleaded guilty to assaulting the singer Rihanna -
Brown, Foxy (Brooklyn)
The sassy rapper of Ill Na Na -
Brown, James (Barnwell)
The musical "Godfather of Soul" -
Brubeck, David (Concord)
The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five" -
Buffett, Jimmy (Pascagoula)
Singer of the pop hit "Margaritaville" -
Burnett, T Bone (St. Louis)
Oscar-winning producer/songwriter for Crazy Heart -
Burns, Steve (Boyertown)
Host of the children's TV show Blue's Clues -
Cage, John (Los Angeles)
Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33" -
Campbell, Glen (Delight)
The singer of "Rhinestone Cowboy" -
Carey, Mariah (Huntington)
The pop diva who sang "We Belong Together" -
Carlile, Brandi
The singer who did 'By the Way, I Forgive You' -
Carlos, Wendy (Pawtucket)
Synthesizer performer of the album Switched-On Bach -
Carradine, Keith (San Mateo)
Lanky, Oscar-winning singer of "I'm Easy" -
Carter, Aaron (Tampa)
The former teen star who sang Aaron's Party -
Carter, Lynda (Phoenix)
Wonder Woman from 1970s TV show -
Cash, Johnny (Kingsland)
The singer of "Folsom Prison Blues" -
Cash, June Carter (Maces Spring)
Country music legend and wife of Johnny Cash -
Cassidy, David (New York City)
The hunky star of TV's 'The Partridge Family' -
Chamillionaire (Houston)
Rapper who did the hit song "Ridin'" -
Channing, Carol (Seattle)
The long-running star of Hello, Dolly! -
Chapin, Harry (New York City)
Singer of the 1972 hit "Taxi" -
Charles, Ray (Albany)
The singer of "Georgia On My Mind" -
Cher (El Centro)
The Sonny and Cher alum who did "Believe" -
Chesney, Kenny (Knoxville)
Singer of "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" -
Chingy (St. Louis)
Rapper of the 2003 hit "Right Thurr" -
Church, Eric (Granite Falls)
The country singer who did "Drink in My Hand" -
Ciara (Austin)
R&B singer who did the crunky "Goodies" -
Clark, Roy
The 'Hee Haw' host who sang "Yesterday When I Was Young" -
Cline, Patsy (Winchester)
Country and pop sensation who sang "Crazy" -
Clooney, Rosemary (Maysville)
Co-star of the 1954 movie White Christmas -
Cobain, Kurt (Aberdeen)
Lead singer of the group Nirvana -
Cohan, George M. (Providence)
"Mr. Broadway" and the composer of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" -
Coleman, Ornette (Fort Worth)
The plastic sax player who launched Free Jazz -
Coleman, Zendaya (Oakland)
Michelle (aka MJ) in the Spider-Man movie series -
Cole, Nat King (Montgomery)
The singer of "Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa" -
Coltrane, John (Hamlet)
Innovative sax player and composer -
Common (Chicago)
The rapper who co-wrote the theme from Selma -
Como, Perry (Canonsburg)
Smooth crooner of "Catch a Falling Star" -
Connick, Harry Jr. (New Orleans)
Jazz heartthrob and Independence Day star -
Copland, Aaron (New York City)
American composer who wrote Appalachian Spring -
Crosby, Bing (Tacoma)
The singer of "White Christmas" -
Crosby, David (Los Angeles)
Singer/guitarist for Crosby, Stills & Nash -
Crow, Sheryl (Kennett)
Singer of "All I Wanna Do" -
Curtis, Catie (Saco)
Singer of "Magnolia Street" -
Cyrus, Miley (Franklin)
Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and Pop Singer -
Cyrus, Trace (Ashland)
Lead singer for the band Metro Station -
Dandridge, Dorothy (Cleveland)
Star of the movie Carmen Jones -
Daniels, Charlie (Wilmington)
The fiddle player who did "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -
Darren, James (Philadelphia)
Moondoggie the surfer in Gidget -
Davis, Jimmie (Quitman (near Beech Springs))
Louisiana's "Singing Governor" -
Davis, Miles (Alton)
Composer/performer of Kind of Blue -
Davis, Sammy Jr. (New York City)
Singer of "The Candy Man" -
Day, Andra (Edmonds)
The singer of "Rise Up" who played Billie Holiday in 2020 -
Day, Doris (Cincinnati)
The squeaky-clean star of 1950s romantic comedies -
Denver, John (Roswell)
Folk-pop singer of "Rocky Mountain High" -
Des Barres, Pamela (Reseda)
Groupie author of I'm With the Band -
Deschanel, Zooey (Los Angeles)
The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl -
Destiny's Child (Houston)
R&B singers of the hit "Say My Name" -
Diamond, Neil (Brooklyn)
The pop musician who sang "Sweet Caroline" -
Diddley, Bo (McComb)
The early rock 'n' roll inventor nicknamed "The Originator" -
Dilla, J (Detroit)
The Detroit hip-hop rapper/producer who did the album 'Donuts' -
DMX (Baltimore)
Rapper of "Get At Me Dog" -
Dogg, Snoop (Long Beach)
Languid West Coast rapper and celebr-izzle -
Dolphy, Eric (Los Angeles)
The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch -
Domino, Fats (New Orleans)
Early rock 'n' roll singer of "Blueberry Hill" -
Dr. Dre (Los Angeles)
Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. -
Dr. John (New Orleans)
The New Orleans singer of 1973's "Right Place, Wrong Time" -
Duff, Hilary (Houston)
TV's Lizzie McGuire -
Durst, Fred (Jacksonville)
Tattooed lead singer for the band Limp Bizkit -
Dylan, Bob (Duluth)
Singer of "Like a Rolling Stone" -
Eilish, Billie (Los Angeles)
The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy" -
Electra, Carmen
The Baywatch actress who later hosted Singled Out -
Ellington, Duke
Performer of "Take the 'A' Train" -
Elliot, Cass (Baltimore)
The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas -
Elliott, Missy (Portsmouth)
Singer of the song "The Rain" -
Ellis, Don (Los Angeles)
The experimental post-bop jazz musician who invented the "superbone" -
Eminem (St. Joseph)
Rapper of the hit "The Slim Shady LP" -
Etheridge, Melissa (Leavenworth)
Singer of "Come to My Window" -
Evans, Bill (Plainfield)
One of the all-time greats on jazz piano -
Evans, Dale (Uvalde)
Partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers -
Eve of Destruction (Philadelphia)
"The First Lady" of Ruff Ryders Entertainment -
Fagen, Donald (Passaic)
Co-founder of the group Steely Dan -
Fargo, Donna (Mount Airy)
She had the 1972 hit "Happiest Girl in The Whole USA" -
Federline, Kevin (Fresno)
Britney Spears's husband -
Ferguson, Stacy "Fergie" (Whittier)
The Wild Orchid member who joined the Black Eyed Peas -
Fitzgerald, Ella (Newport News)
Jazz vocalist known for scat singing -
Flack, Roberta (Black Mountain)
Singer of Killing Me Softly -
Franklin, Aretha (Memphis)
The Queen of Soul who sang "Respect" -
Frey, Glenn (Detroit)
The guitarist who co-founded The Eagles -
Frisell, Bill (Baltimore)
Innovative guitarist who recorded In Line -
GaGa, Lady (New York City)
The pop singer who co-starred in the 2018 film 'A Star Is Born' -
Garcia, Jerry (San Francisco)
Leader of The Grateful Dead -
Garland, Judy (Grand Rapids)
The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz -
Garner, Erroll (Pittsburgh)
The guy who wrote the song "Misty" -
Gaye, Marvin
Singer of "Sexual Healing" -
Geffen, David (Brooklyn)
The billionaire entertainment mogul behind Geffen Records and Dreamworks -
Gershwin, George (Brooklyn)
Composer of Rhapsody in Blue -
Getz, Stan (Philadelphia)
The jazz saxophonist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Gillespie, Dizzy (Cheraw)
The bebop trumpeter with the upturned horn -
Gill, Vince (Norman)
Country music superstar who did These Days -
Ginuwine
Smooth, sexy singer of "Pony" -
Glasper, Robert (Houston)
The jazz pianist who did 'Black Radio' -
Glass, Philip (Baltimore)
Modern composer who did Einstein on the Beach -
Glover, Donald (Edwards Air Force Base)
Star and creator of 'Atlanta', and rapper Childish Gambino -
Goodman, Benny (Chicago)
Clarinetist nicknamed "The King of Swing" -
Gordon, Dexter (Los Angeles)
Long, tall tenor sax jazz legend -
Gordy, Berry (Detroit)
The founder of Motown Records -
Grande, Ariana (Boca Raton)
Cat Valentine from Nickelodeon's Sam & Cat -
Grant, Amy (Augusta)
The Christian pop singer of the 1991 hit "Baby, Baby" -
Groban, Josh (Los Angeles)
Singer of "You Raise Me Up" -
Guaraldi, Vince (San Francisco)
The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown -
Guthrie, Woody (Okemah)
The guy who wrote "This Land Is Your Land" -
Haggard, Merle (Bakersfield)
The Okie from Muskogee -
Haley, Bill (Highland Park)
The guy who sang "Rock Around the Clock" -
Hamlisch, Marvin (New York City)
Composer of A Chorus Line -
Hammerstein, Oscar II (New York City)
Co-writer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Hampton, Lionel (Louisville)
Jazz legend who was "King of the Vibes" -
Handy, W.C. (Florence)
The composer called "The Father of the Blues" -
Harry, Deborah (Miami)
Lead singer for the group Blondie -
Hawkins, Coleman (St. Joseph)
Tenor sax player who had the hit "Body and Soul" -
Hayes, Isaac (Covington)
The singer of "Theme from Shaft" -
Hendrix, Jimi (Seattle)
Performer of "Purple Haze" -
Hill, Faith (Star)
Tim McGraw's wife and singer of "Wild One" -
Hill, Lauryn (South Orange)
The singer from the Fugees -
Hines, Earl (Duquesne)
Influential jazz pianist -
Holiday, Billie (Baltimore)
The popular jazz singer known as "Lady Day" -
Holly, Buddy (Lubbock)
The rock music pioneer who sang "Peggy Sue" -
Horne, Lena (Brooklyn)
Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather" -
Horton, Johnny (Los Angeles)
Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans" -
Houston, Whitney (Newark)
The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You" -
Hudson, Jennifer (Chicago)
The American Idol contestant who won an Oscar for Dreamgirls -
Hunter, Tab (New York City)
The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love" -
Hussle, Nipsey (Los Angeles)
Grammy nominated rapper who did the album 'Victory Lap' -
Hutton, Betty (Battle Creek)
The original "Blond Bombshell" -
Hynde, Chrissie (Akron)
Leader of the rock band The Pretenders -
Ice Cube (Los Angeles)
Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop -
Jackson, Curtis (Queens)
The rapper who made the hit album Get Rich or Die Tryin -
Jackson, Janet (Gary)
The pop singer who bared her breast at Super Bowl 2004 -
Jackson, Mahalia (New Orleans)
Gospel singing legend -
Jackson, Michael (Gary)
The eccentric 'King of Pop' who recorded the album Thriller -
Jackson, Wanda (Maud)
The "Queen of Rockabilly" -
James, Etta (Los Angeles)
R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry" -
James, Rick (Buffalo)
Funky singer of "Super Freak" -
Jarreau, Al (Milwaukee)
The singer of "We're in This Love Together" -
Jay-Z (Brooklyn)
Rapper of "Empire State of Mind" -
Jennings, Waylon (Littlefield)
Country singer who did "Good Hearted Woman" -
Jewel (Payson)
The singer of the hit "You Were Meant For Me" -
Joel, Billy (The Bronx)
Pianist and singer of the tune Piano Man -
Johnson, Robert (Hazelhurst)
The legendary blues guitarist of "Crossroads" fame -
Johnston, Daniel (Sacramento)
The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?' -
JoJo (Foxboro)
Singer of "Leave (Get Out)" -
Jonas Brothers, The
The band of brothers who starred in the Disney movie Camp Rock -
Jonas, Joe (Casa Grande)
The "hottie" in the Jonas Brothers band -
Jonas, Kevin (Teaneck)
The oldest of the singing Jonas Brothers -
Jonas, Nick (Dallas)
The lead singer for the Jonas Brothers band -
Jones, George (Saratoga)
The country music legend who sang "He Stopped Loving Her Today" -
Jones, Grandpa (Niagra)
Co-star of the show Hee Haw -
Jones, Mike (Houston)
Houston-grown rapper of the single "Still Tippin'" -
Jones, Norah (New York City)
Grammy-winning singer of "Don't Know Why" -
Jones, Quincy (Chicago)
The jazz/pop maestro who produced Michael Jackson's album Thriller -
Joplin, Janis (Port Arthur)
1960s blues/rock singer of "Me and Bobby McGee" -
Kabibble, Ish (North East)
Comic cornetist who chanted 'boop boop' in Three Little Fishies -
Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel (Honolulu)
Super-sized Hawaiian singer of "Over the Rainbow" -
Kaye, Danny (Brooklyn)
Song-and-dance star of The Court Jester -
Keith, Toby (Clinton)
Singer of "I Love This Bar" -
Kelly, R. (Chicago)
The singer of "I Believe" who went to prison for sex trafficking -
Kerr, Anita (Memphis)
Creator and leader of country music's The Anita Kerr Singers -
Kesha (Los Angeles)
Singer of the party single "TiK ToK" -
Keys, Alicia (New York City)
Singer of the hit R&B single "Fallin'" -
Kid Rock (Romeo)
Cowboy-rock rapper of Devil Without a Cause -
Kim, Lil' (Brooklyn)
The controversial female rapper of "No Time" -
King, B.B. (Itta Bena)
The blues guitarist who did "The Thrill Is Gone" -
King, Carole (Brooklyn)
Singer of "It's Too Late" -
Knight, Gladys (Atlanta)
The soul singer who did "Midnight Train to Georgia" with The Pips -
Knowles, Beyoncé (Houston)
Singer of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" -
Krauss, Alison (Decatur)
Bluegrass fiddler and singer of "When You Say Nothing At All" -
Kravitz, Lenny (New York City)
The pop singer who plays Cinna in The Hunger Games -
Lady Antebellum (Nashville)
The country music trio who did "I Run to You" and "Need You Now" -
Lamar, Kendrick (Compton)
The rapper who did "Swimming Pools (Drank)" -
Lambert, Miranda (Lindale)
The country singer who did "The House That Built Me" -
Ledbetter, Huddie "Lead Belly" (Mooringsport)
20th century folk singer who did "Midnight Special" -
Lee, Amy (Riverside)
Vocalist for the rock band Evanescence -
Lee, Peggy (Jamestown)
Singer of "Fever" -
Legend, John (Springfield)
Singer of the 2005 hit "Ordinary People" -
Leonhart, Carolyn (New York City)
Vocalist with Lyn Leon and Steely Dan -
Leto, Jared (Bossier City)
The Oscar-winning co-star of Dallas Buyers Club -
Lil' Bow Wow (Columbus)
Youthful rapper of "Bounce With Me" -
Lil' Fizz (Los Angeles)
The singer who played Rashann in the movie You Got Served -
Lil' Romeo (New Orleans)
Young rapper of "My Baby" and star of TV's Romeo! -
Lil Wayne (New Orleans)
The Grammy-winning rapper of the Tha Carter series of albums -
Little Richard (Macon)
The flamboyant singer of "Tutti Frutti" -
Lively, Blake (Tarzana)
Serena on TV's Gossip Girl -
Lizzo (Detroit)
The body-positive rapper who did "Truth Hurts" and "Batches & Cookies" -
Loc, Tone (Los Angeles)
Rapper of 1989's "Wild Thing" -
Lopes, Lisa (Philadelphia)
Rapper/singer for the group TLC -
Lopez, Jennifer (New York City)
The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan -
Lovato, Demi (Dallas)
Teen star of the Disney movie Camp Rock -
Love, Courtney (San Francisco)
The widow of Kurt Cobain -
Lovett, Lyle (Klein)
Singer of The Road to Ensenada -
Ludacris (Champaign)
Rapper who did "Southern Hospitality" -
Lynch, Ross (Littleton)
Austin in Disney TV's Austin & Ally -
Lynn, Loretta (Butcher Hollow)
The country music legend who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter" -
Macklemore (Seattle)
The rapper who did "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love" -
Madonna (Bay City)
The pop superstar singer of "Material Girl" -
Mandrell, Barbara (Houston)
Multi-talented leader of the Mandrell Sisters -
Manilow, Barry (Brooklyn)
Singer of the 1974 hit tune "Mandy" -
Manson, Marilyn (Canton)
Whitefaced shock-rock singer of Antichrist Superstar -
Marsalis, Branford (Beaux Bridge)
Jazz saxophonist and brother of Wynton Marsalis -
Marsalis, Wynton (New Orleans)
The trumpeter in the Marsalis jazz family -
Martin, Dean (Steubenville)
The Rat Pack crooner who sang "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" -
Mayer, John (Bridgeport)
Singer of "Your Body is a Wonderland" -
McCartney, Jesse (New York City)
Pop singer of "Beautiful Soul" -
McEntire, Reba (McAlester)
Country singer and sometime actress -
McGraw, Tim (Delhi)
Faith Hill's husband and singer of "I Like It, I Love It" -
McKeown, Erin (Boston)
Singer of "Queen of Quiet" -
McLean, Don (New Rochelle)
The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry, Starry Night" -
Megan Thee Stallion (San Antonio)
The featured vocalist on the 2020 hit "WAP" -
Menken, Alan (New Rochelle)
The composer behind The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -
Merman, Ethel (New York City)
The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun -
Midler, Bette (Paterson)
The brash singer nicknamed "The Divine Miss M" -
Miller, Glenn (Clarinda)
Wartime big band leader -
Mills Brothers, The (Piqua)
The group that sang "Paper Doll" -
Mingus, Charles (Nogales)
Jazz bassist and composer who did Pithecanthropus Erectus -
Minnelli, Liza (Los Angeles)
Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret -
Miranda, Lin-Manuel (New York City)
The creator and star of the musical Hamilton -
Moby (New York City)
The bald techno artist who recorded Play -
Money, Eddie (Brooklyn)
The rocker who did "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight" -
Monkees, The (Los Angeles)
The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer" -
Monk, Thelonious (Rocky Mount)
Influential and idiosyncratic bop jazz pianist -
Monroe, Bill (Rosine)
Kentuckian called "The Father of Bluegrass Music" -
Moore, Mandy (Nashua)
Singer of the pop hit "Candy" -
Moreno, Rita
Anita in the 1961 version of 'West Side Story' -
Morrison, Jim (Melbourne)
Lead singer of the band The Doors -
Morton, Jelly Roll (Gulfport)
The composer of Jelly Roll Blues -
Mos Def (Brooklyn)
The rapper and actor formerly known as Mos Def -
Musgraves, Kacey (Golden)
The country star who did 'Same Trailer Different Park' -
Mya
Singer of "Ghetto Superstar" and "Fallen" -
Nabors, Jim (Sylacauga)
The actor who was TV's Gomer Pyle -
Nelly (Austin)
The guy who did the song "Hot in Herre" -
Nelson, Willie (Abbott)
Singer of "On the Road Again" -
Newman, Alfred (New Haven)
17 February 1970 -
Newman, Randy (New Orleans)
Oscar-winning composer for the Toy Story movies -
Newton, Wayne (Roanoke)
The singer known as Mr. Las Vegas -
Nicks, Stevie (Phoenix)
Singer for the rock band Fleetwood Mac 1975-2001 -
Nilsson, Harry (New York City)
The guy who sang "Jump into the Fire" -
Norwood, Brandy (McComb)
The R&B singer who starred as TV's Moesha -
N Sync (Orlando)
The heartthrobs who sang "I Want You Back" and "Bye Bye Bye" -
Nugent, Ted (Detroit)
Bowhunting rock guitarist -
Oberst, Conor (Omaha)
The singer/songwriter behind the band Bright Eyes -
Ocasek, Ric (Baltimore)
The big-eared founder of the rock band The Cars -
Ocean, Frank (Long Beach)
The hip-hop creator of the the album channel ORANGE -
Odetta (Birmingham)
The fierce black folk singer known for "Oh, Freedom" -
Omarion (Los Angeles)
R&B crooner of the 2005 album O -
Orbison, Roy (Vernon)
Singer of "Only the Lonely" -
Osmond, Donny (Ogden)
The former teen singer who won 'Dancing With the Stars' in 2009 -
Osmond, Marie (Ogden)
The co-star of TV's The Donny and Marie Show -
Outkast
The Grammy-winning rappers who sang Hey Ya! -
Paisley, Brad (Glen Dale)
Singer of "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" -
Parker, Charlie (Kansas City)
Influential alto saxophone player -
Parsons, Gram (Winter Haven)
The Flying Burrito Brother who helped countrify 1960s rock -
Parton, Dolly (Locust Ridge)
Singer of the hit tune I Will Always Love You -
Paul, Les (Waukesha)
Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar -
P. Diddy (New York City)
Rapper known as Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, then Diddy, then P. Diddy again -
Perry, Katy (Santa Barbara)
The saucy singer of "I Kissed a Girl" -
Petty, Tom (Gainesville)
The singer of "Breakdown" -
Phillips, John (Parris Island)
Co-founder of The Mamas and The Papas -
Pink (Doylestown)
The singer of "Get This Party Started" -
Pop, Iggy (Muskegon)
Legendary rock 'n' roll dervish -
Porcaro, Jeff (Hartford)
Founder of the group Toto -
Porter, Cole (Peru)
The Broadway master who wrote "Night and Day" -
Presley, Elvis (Tupelo)
"The King of Rock 'n Roll" -
Pretty Ricky (Miami)
The four-brother band who sang "Grind With Me" -
Prince (Minneapolis)
The funky star who recorded 1999 and changed his name to a symbol -
Prine, John (Maywood)
The singer/songwriter who did "Angel From Montgomery" -
Punisher, Big (The Bronx)
Super-sized Latin rapper -
Queen Latifah (Newark)
The jail matron Mama in the movie Chicago -
Ramone, Joey (Queens)
Lead singer of The Ramones -
Rascal Flatts (Nashville)
Country vocal trio that did "I'm Movin' On" -
Raven-Symoné (Atlanta)
Star of The Disney Channel's That's So Raven -
Redding, Otis (Dawson)
Soul singer who did "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" -
Reed, Lou (Brooklyn)
Co-founder of The Velvet Underground -
Reznor, Trent (Mercer)
The Oscar winner who performs and records as Nine Inch Nails -
Rhymes, Busta (Brooklyn)
Rubbery-faced, raspy-voiced Brooklyn rapper -
Richie, Lionel (Tuskegee)
Singer of the pop hit "All Night Long" -
Rivera, Jenni (Long Beach)
The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda" -
Roach, Max (New Land)
Bebop drummer and bandleader with Clifford Brown -
Robeson, Paul (Princeton)
The actor, singer and activist known for Othello and Show Boat -
Rodgers, Richard (New York City)
Composer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Rodrigo, Olivia
The Disney+ star who sang "Drivers License" -
Rogers, Kenny (Houston)
The country star who sang "The Gambler" -
Rogers, Roy (Cincinnati)
Star of TV's Roy Rogers Show -
Rollins, Sonny (New York City)
The bop-era saxophonist who did "St. Thomas" -
Ronstadt, Linda (Tucson)
1970s country-rock singing superstar who sang "You're No Good" -
Ross, Diana (Detroit)
Motown megastar who was with The Supremes -
Rule, Ja (Queens)
Tough-talking rapper of the hit singles "Holla Holla" and "Clap Back" -
Schwartz, Stephen (New York City)
Composer of the Broadway hits Wicked and Godspell -
Scott-Heron, Gil (Chicago)
The writer and performer of 1970's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -
Selena (Lake Jackson)
The 'Queen of Tejano' -
Severinsen, Doc (Arlington)
Bandleader for Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show -
Shakur, Tupac (Brooklyn)
Late rapper of 2Pacalypse Now -
Shannon, Del (Grand Rapids)
The singer of the hit song "Runaway" -
Shaw, Artie (New York City)
The clarinet-playing big band leader who recorded Begin the Beguine -
Shelton, Blake (Ada)
The country music singer from TV's The Voice -
Silverstein, Shel (Chicago)
Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends -
Simon, Carly (New York City)
The singer of "You're So Vain" -
Simone, Nina (Tryon)
Eclectic singer of "I Loves You Porgy" and "Mississippi Goddam" -
Simon, Paul (Newark)
Half of the singing duo Simon and Garfunkel -
Simpson, Ashlee (Dallas)
Jessica Simpson's sister and singer of "Pieces of Me" -
Simpson, Jessica (Dallas)
Pop singer and star of the MTV show Newlyweds -
Sinatra, Frank (Hoboken)
Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack -
Smith, Bessie (Chattanooga)
Classic blues singer dubbed "Empress of the Blues" -
Smith, Elliott (Omaha)
The singer of "Miss Misery" who stabbed himself -
Smith, Will (Philadelphia)
Popular rapper and star of the film Men in Black -
Sondheim, Stephen (New York City)
West Side Story lyricist and superstar Broadway composer -
Sousa, John Philip
The guy who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever" -
Spears, Britney (Kentwood)
The former teen superstar who sang ...Baby One More Time -
Spears, Jamie Lynn (McComb)
The younger sister of Britney Spears -
Springsteen, Bruce (Freehold)
The New Jersey rocker who did the song "Born to Run" -
Stapleton, Chris (Lexington)
The country singer-songwriter who did 'Traveller' -
Stefani, Gwen (Fullerton)
The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl" -
Steinfeld, Hailee (Thousand Oaks)
Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit -
Strait, George (Poteet)
Top-selling country star who did "Fool Hearted Memory" -
Strayhorn, Billy (Dayton)
Composer of "Take the 'A' Train" -
Streisand, Barbra (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl -
Studdard, Ruben (Birmingham)
2003 winner of TV's American Idol program -
Summer, Donna (Boston)
The Queen of Disco who did "I Feel Love" and "Last Dance" -
Swift, Taylor (Reading)
The pop superstar who sang the 2009 hit "You Belong With Me" -
Tatum, Art (Toledo)
Jazz's too-many-notes piano wizard of the 1930s and '40s -
Taylor, James (Boston)
Folk-pop singer of "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind" -
The Dixie Chicks (Dallas)
Singers of "Goodbye Earl" and "Not Ready to Make Nice" -
The Game (Compton)
Rapper who did 2005's The Documentary -
Thiam, Aliaune "Akon" (St. Louis)
Senegalese-American singer of "Smack That" -
Thornton, Willie Mae (Montgomery)
Blues legend and original singer of "Hound Dog" -
T.I. (Atlanta)
Rapper of the 2006 album King -
Timberlake, Justin (Memphis)
The pop music superstar who starred in Friends With Benefits -
Travers, Mary (Louisville)
The "Mary" in Peter, Paul & Mary -
Travis, Randy (Marshville)
Country-Gospel singer of "Three Wooden Crosses" -
Turner, Tina (Nutbush)
The singer of "What's Love Got to Do With It?" -
Tyner, McCoy (Philadelphia)
The piano player in The John Coltrane Quartet in the 1960s -
Usher (Dallas)
The R&B star who did "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Yeah" -
Valens, Ritchie (Pacoima)
The teen star who sang 'La Bamba' -
Vandross, Luther (New York City)
The R&B singer of Dance With My Father -
Vaughan, Stevie Ray (Dallas)
Lead singer and guitarist for the band Double Trouble -
Vernon, Justin (Eau Claire)
The indie musician behind the band Bon Iver -
Wahlberg, Donnie (Boston)
Danny on the TV cop show Blue Bloods -
Wahlberg, Mark (Boston)
Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights -
Waits, Tom (Pomona)
Raspy-voiced singer of "The Piano Has Been Drinking" -
Waller, Fats (New York City)
The joyous piano player who wrote the song "Ain't Misbehavin'" -
Warwick, Dionne (East Orange)
Singer of "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" -
Waters, Muddy (Rolling Fork)
The slide-guitarist bluesman of "Got My Mojo Workin'" -
Watson, Doc (Deep Gap)
The blind folk guitarist with the distinctive flat-picking style -
Weiland, Scott
The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots -
Wells, Kitty (Nashville)
The Queen of Country Music -
West, Kanye (Atlanta)
The rapper who married Kim Kardashian -
White, Barry (Galveston)
The singer of "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" -
Wild Orchid
Photogenic singing trio who recorded "Talk to Me" -
Williams, Dar (Mount Kisco)
Singer of "Spring Street" -
Williams, Hank (Mount Olive)
The country singer who did "Your Cheatin' Heart" -
Williams, John (Floral Park)
Composer of the themes from Jaws and Star Wars -
Williams, Vanessa (Millwood)
The first African-American to become Miss America -
Wills, Bob (Near Kosse)
The King of Western Swing -
Wilson, Dennis (Hawthorne)
The drummer for The Beach Boys -
Wilson, Jackie (Detroit)
R&B pop/soul singer who did "Baby Workout" -
Withers, Bill
The singer of "Leon On Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" -
Wolff, Nat (Los Angeles)
Lead singer for The Naked Brothers Band -
Wolf, Howlin' (White Station)
The bluesman who did "Smokestack Lightnin'" -
Wonder, Stevie (Saginaw)
The singer of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" -
Yankovic, Weird Al (Lynwood)
Singer of "I Lost on Jeopardy" and other parody tunes -
Yauch, Adam (New York City)
MCA from the rap group Beastie Boys -
Yearwood, Trisha (Monticello)
Singer of country music's "She's In Love With the Boy" -
Yoakam, Dwight (Pikeville)
Alternative country star who recorded Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -
Young, Lester (Woodville)
The jazz saxophonist called "The Prez" -
Zappa, Frank (Baltimore)
Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum" -
Zevon, Warren (Chicago)
The darkly funny musician who sang "Werewolves of London" -
Zombie, Rob (Haverhill)
Front man for the rock band White Zombie -
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe (Miami)
The first woman composer to win a Pulitzer